Electric motor.



PATENTED AUG.25, 1908.

W. SHURTLEFP.

ELECTRIC MOTOR.

- APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1907.

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W. SHURTLEFP. ELECTRIC MOTOR.

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ELECTRIC MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Au 25, 1908.

Application filed May 21, 1907. Serial No. 374,922.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILFRED SHURTLEFF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Motors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of a new any number divisible by two.- Each pole group consists of one large pole in the center flanked by two small poles, one on each side and parallel with the main pole. A special form of switch is arranged to send the current through the two sets of coils, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a section taken through the motor field at right angles to the axis of revolution, showing also the switch and circuit Wires connecting the same with the generator. Fig. l is a detail in end view of the form of rotor. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail taken through one of the groups of the field magnets at right angles to their positions of the switch.

The numeral 1 indicates the large central pole, and 22, the two flanking poles arranged parallel to the central pole, one on each side thereof. The small poles 2 are surrounded by individual coils awhile the larger coils C surround and inclose both the large central pole 1 and the two flanking poles 2.2 with their individual coils. The coils c' on the small poles 2 are wound in series and make an independent circuit used for starting purposes only. The terminals from these small coils connect at YY with the switch and are energized from the main pri- The large coils C are ener ized at all times when the motor is running, ut the windings of the small poles are as before stated used for starting and reversing purposes only. If

necessary the motor could be stopped quickly and reversed by simply changing the direction of the current throughthe small coils a without interfering with the main primary circuit through the coils The two small poles in each group are wound in opposite d1- rections to each other and are energ zed by the main primary current from the generator. The direction of rotation of the motor could be reversed by either one of the circuits, but I prefer to use the small coil circuit except in special conditions which it is not necessary to note.

The changes in the connections can be made in many ways, but I show in Fig. 1 a simple form of switch which will start, stop and reverse the motor. lt consists of two parallel conducting bars K, K connected by an insulating plate L. These bars slide over the terminal conducting lates M, J, M and F, P. The plates M, l are similar terminals of one end of the circuit of the small coils and the plate J connects with the other end of the circuit of the small coils a. The plates F, P are connected together, or in electrical connection with each other, and attached to the terminal wire X of the circuit of the large coils and the other end of this circuit K connects directlywith a lead wire W leading from the generator.

Flhen the motor is not running the bars K, K are left in the central osition marked Off in Fig. 1', in which neither of said bars touch any of the subjacent plates. To start the motor running in the direction of the hands of a watch 1 move the bars K, K to the left slowly to the position shown in Fig. 3, thereby making contacts on plates M, P, by the bar K, and making contact with il by bar K closing both circuits. As the motor gets up its s eed, ll move the bars K, K fur-- ther to the eft to the position shown in full lines in Fig. l, which breaks contact between the bar K and the plate and cuts out .or breaks the circuit in the small starting coils a but leaves the main coils C in circuit with the generator through wire X, plate P and bar K to one side of the generator and through wire X to the other side of the generator. opposite direction to the hands of a watch, l move the bars K, K to the central position To cause the motor to run in the i closing both circuits.

marked Off and continue slowly toward the right to the position shown in Fig. 4, thereby making contacts on lates P and J with bar K and plate M with ar K; thereby The'direction of the current through main primary coils C is not changed, but the direction of the current through small coils a is reversed by closing their circuit by means of bar K which connects plates P and J and bar K which con nects to late M. Moving now the bars K, K, to t e extreme right shown by dotted lines, marked On reverse in Fig. 1, 1 break the current through coils a at plate M, but I leave the main current to continue going through coils O by way of main lead X, plate P and bar K.

The windings of the groups of poles of the field magnets are shown clearly 1n Fig. 2 in which the polarity when both circuits are alive is expressed as S for the center pole and N and S, respectively, for the two side poles. In Fig. 1 the poles 2 are marked as they would be with the switch in both reversed and starting conditions. In actual running the polarity for each group is always the sameasNNNorSSS.

It is well known by those familiar with the art that if a plain induction motor has its field poles excited by a simple single phase current, the rapid reversal of the current will produce a torque that as rapidly reverses its direction, consequently the rotor will remain at rest, since the tendency to turn in any one direction is reversed before the rotor has time to start. But if an unbalanced field was produced by means of phase coils the rotor will be caused to turn in the direction desired, but with a comparatively weak torque, in the best designed motors, half load or less, with an enormous consumption of current at starting.

By my novel field pole construction in combination with the coils as described, 1 have constructed induction motors that will start with more than full load, with only slight excess of current used during starting only. The said novel construction of groups of 3 poles and coils wound as described causes a continuous, even, drag or pull on the conductors of the rotor toward the corner of the pole group that is of the same sign, or wound in the same direction as the large coil, when starting circuit is energized. After attaining a speed near synchronism the large coils, alone will maintain a torque as in any well known induction motor. Now if a switch is manipulated so as to make new connections for the starting circuit, so as to reverse the direction of the current through the starting circuit without changing the direction through the running coil circuit, (the motor is su posed to be running full speed same as han s of a watch), it will produce a drag or pull on the conductors of the rotor in an op posite direction from before. As the running tor ue is weaker than the starting torque, t e motor will be caused to stop more uickly than if the current had been shut o from the source of supply. If the current is left on both circuits after stopping, the rotor will start and run in an opposite direction from the hands of a watch. I can use any well known form of rotor with closed circuit conductors that is practical for single phase motors and induction motors, as the rotor has no new cooperatlon with the field pole structure. I refer to use, however, m a motor with our pole groups as shown and described, the well known squirrel cage type of rotor, as seen in Fig. 1, with 41 closed conductor bars of copper of suitable size to carry the current gen erated in them without heating very much. My motor starts without any noise whatever and has a steady pull, like motors using direct current. By referring to the drawings and specifications, it is a parent that each group always has one of the small poles acting in conjunction with the large pole, and one of the small poles opposing the other small pole and large pole.

This arrangement of motor and switch makes a simple and sure starting device with a powerful torque, and also makes it possible to run the motor in either direction.

I claim 1. An electric motor, com rising field magnets consisting of groups 0 three poles, the larger central pole being fianked on either side by two small poles, the small poles being individually wound in opposite directions and connected to a primary circuit, a winding for the main circuit inclosing both the central pole and the coils of the flanking poles, and means for sending a current through the same, substantially as described.

2. An alternating current motor, comprising a field construction having grou s of three poles of which two small oles flan the large middle pole, the smal poles being wound in opposite directions to each other and connected in a separate series circuit independent of the energizing force in the large prlmary circuit and a switch with means of controlling the energizing force in the small pole circuit.

3. An electric motor having starting and reversing coils, and a switch connected thereto and having contact plates arranged to close and break the starting circuit during the act of closing the circuit in the main primary coils, substantially as set forth.

WILFRED SHURTLEFF.

Witnesses:

S. S. ORoMPToN, H. W. KENYoN. 

